Absentee Ballot Information

An Absentee Ballot application form can be obtained by
contacting the Saint Mary's County Board of Elections office at
(301) 475-4200 ext. *1625 or ext. *1614, or by emailing
susan.julian@stmarysmd.com
or the State Board of Elections
at 1-800-222 VOTE or you can download an application by clicking
the link below .

For the 2018 GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY, your request for an absentee
ballot application must be received (not just mailed) by the deadline: June
19, 2018 via Mail or Fax. June 22, 2018 via the Internet. After these
dates, you must come in our office to do a Late Absentee or Vote Early (see home
page for Early Voting Information).

For the 2018 GUBERNATORIAL GENERAL, your request for an absentee
ballot application must be received (not just mailed) by the deadline: October
30, 2018 via Mail or Fax. November 2, 2018 via Internet. After these
dates, you must come in our office to do a Late Absentee or Vote Early (see home
page for Early Voting Information).

Deadline for receipt of Absentee Ballots

Any absentee ballot, whether mailed or hand delivered, is
timely if it reaches the election office by 8 p.m. on Election
Day. An absentee ballot may not be faxed. Any ballot
received by mail is timely if it arrives by 4 p.m. on the
Wednesday after Election Day, and if the U.S. Postal Service has
affixed a postmark on the envelope verifying that the ballot was
mailed before Election Day. If the postmark is illegible, the
voter's affidavit on the ballot envelope, indicating that the
ballot was completed and mailed before Election Day, is
sufficient.

Deadline for receipt of Overseas Absentee
Ballots

Any ballot received by mail from
outside the United States is timely if it arrives:

By 10 a.m. on the
second Wednesday after a Presidential General Election; or By 4
p.m. on the second Friday after all other elections, and if the
U.S. Postal Service, an Army post office, a fleet post office,
or the postal service of any other country has affixed a
postmark on the envelope verifying that the ballot was mailed
before Election Day. If the postal service of the place from
which the ballot was mailed does not provide a postmark, or if
the postmark is illegible, the voter's affidavit on the ballot
envelope, indicating that the ballot was completed and mailed
before Election Day, is sufficient.